document.write( "Question 87398: Find two consecutive odd integers that have a sum of 24. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #63333 by longjonsilver(2297)\"\" \"About 
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2 approaches:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1. trial and error seeing as how the number is not so large:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "23+1
\n" ); document.write( "21+3
\n" ); document.write( "19+5
\n" ); document.write( "17+7
\n" ); document.write( "15+9
\n" ); document.write( "13+11 ... there you go.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2. using algebra.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let x be the smaller of the 2 numbers. The larger number is 2 more than this (as you can see from the answers...but consecutive odd numbers will always have a difference of 2) so larger number is x+2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so x+x+2=24
\n" ); document.write( "2x+2=24
\n" ); document.write( "2x=22
\n" ); document.write( "x=11\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so numbers are 11 and 13.\r
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